World Affairs

The Man Who Built the Modern Autocrat

TODAY IN HISTORY: Benito Mussolini, executed on April 28, 1945, showed how democracy can be dismantled from within

Apr 28 • Dan Perry

To Change Iran's Calculus, Trump and NATO Need to Make Up Fast

A weekend briefing for PAID SUBSCRIBERS

Apr 26 • Dan Perry

The Herd Is Moving Again. Now It Comes For Starmer.

ALISON MUTLER WRITES: The UK now has five mid-size parties. They should run in two blocs.

Apr 25

Skeptics, Relax: Hungary’s Magyar is Not Just an Updated Orbán

LILI LEMPEK WRITES: Hungary is headed for massive change with global impact

Apr 24

Israel at 78: A Major Decision Looms

Successful but imperiled, Israel will either enter a collission course with the world, or execute a massive course correction

Apr 22 • Dan Perry

A Debate With An Analyst In Tehran

With the region on a knife's edge, Mohammad Khatibi makes the case for Iran. It would be interesting to hear this intelligent would-be apologist once…

Apr 21 • Dan Perry

Viktor Defeated

Hungarians voted decisively to turn the page, offering a hopeful signal that the populist assault on liberal democracy, and on press freedom, may be…

Apr 12 • Dan Perry

JD’s Excellent Adventure

A pair of vice-presidential visits to Hungary and Pakistan underscore the enigma that is JD Vance

Apr 11 • Dan Perry

Trump’s NATO Threat Is Strategic Illiteracy

Not since Yalta has Russia received a greater gift that Trump's weakening of NATO. So poor Mark Rutte, the obsequious secretary general, rushed to…

Apr 9 • Dan Perry

Iran War Pauses, and the Reckoning Begins

After shock and spectacle, a costly campaign leaves core goals unmet and credibility strained, but Iran's oppression machine has at least been degraded

Apr 8 • Dan Perry

Does Trump Really Always Chicken Out?

As Trump grows ever more bizarre, it may be time to update the TACO meme. We offer the ultimate scorecard, and arrive at a proposal.

Apr 7 • Dan Perry

The Ultimate Iran War Briefing, Part II

Trump uses F-bomb and again threatens deadline; shifty US ally Pakistan wants to mediate; Iran flexes asymmetric power in Hormuz; NATO teeters on the…

Apr 5 • Dan Perry

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